Dunes Hotel and Casino
"The Dunes" by Larry D. Moore is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
From left to right: South Tower and North Tower.
"Dunes Hotel & Casino, 1993" by Roadsidepictures is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
The sultan statue caught fire while being moved to the golf course in 1985.
Minsky Goes to Paris was the first topless show in Las Vegas. It opened on January 10, 1957 and closed at the Dunes in 1961.
Casino de Paris opened in 1963 and ended in 1981.
Emerald Green
The Emerald Green golf course was located east of present-day Interstate 15 from Flamingo Road to Tropicana Avenue. The Olympic hotel wing is pictured below the tower.
Dunes Hotel and Casino opened on May 23 1955.
Olympic Wing built in 1961.
Diamond of the Dunes North Tower built in 1962.
Emerald Green opened in 1964.
South Tower built in 1979.
Oasis Casino at The Dunes opened in 1983.
Emerald Green closed in 1993.
Dunes Hotel and Casino closed on January 26, 1993.
North Tower imploded in 1993.
South Tower imploded in 1994.
Tenth resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
The casino land currently occupies: Bellagio.
The golf course land currently occupies: Aria Campus, Park MGM, New York-New York Hotel and Casino, T-Mobile Arena.
Was located at 3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Paradise, Nevada.